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ὄστρᾰκον

ostrakon

earthen potsherd (for writing on, e.g. at a vote), earthen vessel

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Distribution

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. ὄστρακον · ostrakon — Beekes

earthen potsherd (for writing on, e.g. at a vote), earthen vessel

2. ὄστρακον · ostrakon — Chantraine

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3. ὄστρακον · ostrakon — Frisk

knöcherne, harte Schale von Schnecken, Muscheln, Schildkröten usw.

4. ὄστρᾰκον · ostrakon — LSJ

earthen vessel

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan pp. 1170-1171; entry #4699 Review: Under source audit
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan p. 850; entry #6103 Review: Under source audit
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan pp. 1409-1410; entry #4377 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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